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1. STARTING FROM 2023, UPPER PRICE LIMIT WILL BE SET IN GEORGIA FOR OVER 1,100 MEDICINES FOR CHRONIC AND ONCOLOGICAL DISEASES
   (Daily News: December 27, 2022)

   Starting from 2023, the state will set upper limit for price of medicines and prohibit their sale for the higher cost, said Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection. The change will affect over 1,100 medicines for chronic and oncological diseases, he specified.

2. Bankebi da Finansebi: “BY THE GOVERNMENT DECREE, MINIMAL COMPENSATION TO DOCTORS DEFINED AS 1,260 LARI, TO NURSES – 792 LARI”
   (Economic Press Monitor: December 27, 2022)

   By decree of the Georgian government, minimal compensation to doctors defined as 1,260 lari, while to nurses – 792 lari.

   Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, pointed that the mentioned salary volume is the minimum limit, not a fixed one.

3. Netgazeti.Ge: “NEW GOLD DEPOSIT WILL BE SEARCHED IN KVEMO KARTLI”
   (Economic Press Monitor: December 26, 2022)

   Company Goldsept Kartli will start exploration of new gold deposit in Bolnisi and Marneuli municipalities (Kvemo Kartli region). The company won the auction of Georgian National Mining Agency, held on August 30.

4. Rezonansi: “PEAK AT REAL ESTATE MARKET IS PASSED, PRICE DECLINE WILL BE EVIDENT FOR ALL SOON”
   (Economic Press Monitor: December 23, 2022)

   Zurab Lachashvili, head of the real estate agency Sigma, says that “real estate prices have increased significantly this year, and this has affected the apartments, which are on sale, as well as those, intended for rent”.

   At this stage, “certain euphoria in connection with demand still exists regarding both intended for rent and intended for sale apartments”, however, “prices have declined slightly”, Lachashvili points.

5. Rezonansi: “RUSSIANS PRAISED US AND ONCE AGAIN PROMISED TO RESUME AIR COMMUNICATION – “WE SHOULD NOT BE NOT FOOLED””
   (Economic Press Monitor: December 12, 2022)

   Denis Gonchar, director of the 4^th CIS Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, declared that if “necessary prerequisites are formed”, “we do not rule out” making a decision regarding the possibility of restoring direct flights with Georgia and prospects for visa liberalization for Georgian citizens.

   Gonchar said this to Russian state news agency TASS on December 10, and positively assessed that “despite provocative calls to open a second front, Georgia maintains a practical line”.

6. Bankebi da Finansebi: “IN JANUARY, EGGS MAY RISE IN PRICE AGAIN”
   (Economic Press Monitor: December 5, 2022)

   Zurab Chuchulashvili, director general of the egg-producer company Koda, talks about possible increase of eggs’ price by 12-15% in the next year.

   Chuchulashvili indicates that problems arisen in import of Ukrainian wheat and increase in customs duties on grain in Russia, raw materials have risen in price.

7. NEW REHABILITATION COMPONENT TO BE ADDED TO GEORGIA’S UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE PROGRAM
   (Daily News: November 9, 2022)

   Georgian government decided today to add a new rehabilitation component to the universal healthcare program. The matter concerns a program of rehabilitation after stroke and traumatic injury of brain and spinal cord.

8. IN 2023, GEORGIA TO INTRODUCE REFERENCE PRICES FOR MEDICINES
   (Daily News: November 9, 2022)

   Georgian government decided to introduce reference prices for medicines in the country from 2023. Corresponding amendments should be made to the law “On Medicines and Pharmaceutical Activities”.

9. Tabula: “VOLSKY: THERE IS NO RANGE OF ISSUES ON WHICH ZURABISHVILI COULD SPEAK WITH ALIYEV”
   (Economic Press Monitor: October 26, 2022)

   Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili stated that the country’s ruling party did not inform her about the visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Georgia on October 24.

   For his part, Giorgi Volsky, vice-speaker of Georgian Parliament, noted that there are topics that “are not directly envisaged within the powers of the President”.

10. Tabula: “ADMINISTRATION: THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT ALIYEV’S VISIT, THE MEETING DID NOT TAKE PLACE”
    (Economic Press Monitor: October 26, 2022)

    Administration of Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili declared that the President was not informed about the visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Georgia on October 24.

    “Despite the desire and willingness of the President of Georgia, unfortunately, the presidents did not have a meeting, which is traditionally held during visits to the country by all heads of state”, the administration said in the statement.

11. Rezonansi: “WAR AND ECONOMICS – ALIYEV’S UNEXPECTED VISIT, WHICH INDICATES THE GROWING GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF GEORGIA”
    (Economic Press Monitor: October 26, 2022)

    On October 24, amid growing tensions in the region, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Georgia after a 7-year pause, the newspaper says.

    The article brings comments on the visit, made by conflictologists Paata Zakareishvili and Zurab Bendianishvili.

12. HEALTHCARE MINISTER: FROM NOVEMBER, A NEW FUNDING MODEL WILL BE ENACTED IN GEORGIAN MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
    (Daily News: October 25, 2022)

    Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, declared that from November 1, medical institutions of the country will turn to a new funding model, based on diagnosis-related groups (DRG).

    “Tens of thousands of services, for which tariffs have been determined, will be calculated already according to the DRG methodology, and for a specific medical intervention, the tariff will be calculated in accordance with the base tariff and the DRG weight”, the Minister told journalists after the government meeting today.

13. GEORGIAN MINISTER: PROGRAM OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC SUPPORT TO UKRAINIAN CITIZENS EXTENDED FOR 6 MONTHS
    (Daily News: October 25, 2022)

    Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, reported that the program of socio-economic support to Ukrainian citizens, who arrived in Georgia after February 1 this year, has been extended for 6 months, until May 1, 2023.

    This program, which envisages cash allowances for both accommodation and subsistence, was launched by the government on July 15.

14. Bankebi da Finansebi: “TALKS ABOUT 500 AND 1,000% PROFIT ARE UNNECESSARY – “PSP” DIRECTOR ON THE MINISTER’S STATEMENT”
    (Economic Press Monitor: October 24, 2022)

    Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, declared that after the introduction of reference prices, pharmaceutical companies will no longer be able to set 500% and 1,000% margins on medicines.

    However, Mamuka Bregvadze, executive director of the PSP pharmacy chain, said that “a 500% profit margin is fixed in the pharmaceutical market only in case of isolated, at that, small players”.

15. Bankebi da Finansebi: “FINANCE MINISTER – TODAY THERE IS NO NEED TO REVISE THE VISA REGIME WITH RUSSIA”
    (Economic Press Monitor: October 18, 2022)

    Georgia’s Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili declared that “the visa regime is one of the control mechanisms”, while the control mechanisms, existing in Georgia today, “fully meet the challenges that the country has”. Accordingly, at this stage, “personally, I do not see” the need to revise the visa regime with Russia, he told journalists.

16. Tabula: “AZARASHVILI: IN DIRECTION OF COVID MANAGEMENT IN 2023, BUDGET IS REDUCED BY 400M”
    (Economic Press Monitor: October 4, 2022)

    Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, declared that about 100 million lari will be allocated for management of COVID-19 in 2023. Compared to 2022, when we allocated over 0.5 billion lari, the volume has reduced by 400 million lari, he pointed.

17. Rezonansi: “THERE ARE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN GEORGIAN CONE BUSINESS”
    (Economic Press Monitor: October 3, 2022)

    Zurab Dekanoidze, head of the licensing department at Georgian National Environmental Agency, reported that following results of the auction held in August for fir cone harvesting for export, licenses were issued for 5 and 10 years. The main locations of cone harvesting are Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, as well as Samtskhe-Javakheti and Guria.

18. PREMIER: UNIFICATION OF GEORGIA IS THE GOAL OF EACH OF US, AND THE PATH TO THIS GOAL PASSES ONLY THROUGH THE PEACEFUL PROCESS
    (Daily News: September 27, 2022)

    Today is the 29^th anniversary of the fall of Sukhumi, followed by Russia’s occupation of Abkhazia.

    In connection with this date, Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili posted on his Facebook that “The unification of Georgia is the goal of each of us”, while “the path to this goal passes only through the peace process, dialogue and cooperation”.

19. Rezonansi: “APARTMENTS FOR RENT WILL DECREASE IN PRICE SOON – IT IS KNOWN APPROXIMATELY WHEN REDUCTION IN PRICE WILL BEGIN”
    (Economic Press Monitor: September 21, 2022)

    In July, cost of apartment rent in Tbilisi increased year-on-year by 69.8%. Currently, there are no apartments in any district of Tbilisi to be available for rent for less than 600 lari per month, while the price exceeds generally 1,000 lari, the newspaper says.

20. Bankebi da Finansebi: “HEALTHCARE MINISTRY- A RECORD HIGH RATE OF IMPORT FROM TURKEY WAS RECORDED IN AUGUST”
    (Economic Press Monitor: September 5, 2022)

    Georgian Ministry of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection reported that medicines worth $6.4 million were imported from Turkey in August, which is a record-high rate.

    The Minister Zurab Azarashvili said that as a result of opening of the Turkish pharmaceutical market, the Georgian population will save annually about 180-200 million lari.

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